A worker at a Cheesecake Factory restaurant in east Phoenix was diagnosed with hepatitis A, and the Maricopa County Public Health Clinic is providing Immune Globulin (IG) shots for all patrons of the restaurant who may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus after eating at Cheesecake Factory. The clinic is located at 1645
Hepatitis A class action settlement agreement
A settlement agreement has been reached between Marler Clark and the attorneys representing Houlihans. The class action settlement agreement, if approved by the Court, will award damages to any person who ate at Houlihan’s during the time when an employee who was diagnosed with hepatitis A was working, and received an Immunoglobulin shot to prevent
Hepatitis A in Kentucky – food worker diagnosed
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that a hepatitis A outbreak is ongoing. The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is working to trace the source of the outbreak, and has discovered that a food worker was one of three people diagnosed with hepatitis A.
The food worker is among three confirmed cases of hepatitis A that the health
Hepatitis A exposure at Minnesota school
The parents of eleven children who attended a function at the Burnsville, Minnesota, high school have been asked to monitor their children for symptoms of hepatitis A. According to a story in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, a high school student in the day care center at the high school contracted hepatitis A on a recent
Possible hepatitis A exposure at Minnesota pizza place
The Minnesota Health Department is warning that people who ate at Pizza Ranch in Slayton, Minnesota, may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus. Two food workers at the restaurant recently tested positive for hepatitis A infection. The Argus-Leader reported:
Patrons could have been exposed between April 9 and Tuesday. Symptoms usually
Hepatitis A scare at Texas restaurant
An employee at a Whataburger restaurant in Texas was diagnosed with hepatitis A, a sometimes fatal foodborne illness that can lead to liver failure. According to www.about-hepatitis.com:
Hepatitis A is a communicable (or contagious) disease that spreads from person to person. It is transmitted by the “fecal – oral route.” This does not mean,
Hepatitis A exposure lawsuit filed last week
Thousands of customers at a Houlihan’s restaurant in Kane County, Illinois, were potentially exposed to the hepatitis A virus when they drank iced beverages at the restaurant between January 8 and January 19, 2007. Marler Clark has been contacted by approximately 50 individuals who have asked to become part of a class action lawsuit against
Hundreds receive shot to prevent hepatitis A food poisoning
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Over 600 people attended shot clinics put on by the Kane County, Illinois, Department of Health after an employee at a Houlihan’s Restaurant was diagnosed with a hepatitis A infection, according to a story at Chicago’s ABC7 Web site. According to the story, The Kane County Health Department is offering the immune globulin shots
Madison finds 4 hepatitis A cases
The Citizen Times reports that health officials suspect contaminated drinking water might have caused 14 cases of hepatitis A among guests visiting a Madison County property this summer.
Four Madison County residents were confirmed to have the liver disease, while 10 more cases are under investigation in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, Washington and Oregon.
People who work on the property or were guests there are suspected to have contracted hepatitis from contaminated drinking water, the Madison County Health Department said Wednesday.
The department said Madison County residents face little or no risk from the outbreak because of precautions already put in place.Continue Reading Madison finds 4 hepatitis A cases
Hepatitis A spreads through country from Madison farm
Health officials have linked cases of hepatitis A around the country to a Madison County farm. Fourteen people who work on the farm or were guests there are suspected to have contracted the disease, the Madison County Health Department announced at a news conference today.
Officials would not identify the farm. Hepatitis A has been